palatine

Plural: palatines

Noun

• A high officer of an empire or kingdom.
• any of various important officials in ancient Rome
• (Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands
• the most important of the Seven Hills of Rome; supposedly the location of the first settlement and the site of many imperial palaces
• either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits
• Ellipsis of count palatine, a feudal lord or a bishop possessing palatine powers.
• A palace official, especially in an imperial palace.
• Ellipsis of county palatine.
• The Roman soldiers of the imperial palace.
• A fur cape or stole for women which covers the neck and shoulders.
• Ellipsis of palatine bone.

Adjective

• relating to or lying near the palate
  • "the palatine tonsils"
• of or relating to a count palatine and his royal prerogatives
• of or relating to a palace

Adj

• (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
• (of an official or feudal lord) Having local authority and possessing royal privileges that elsewhere belongs only to a sovereign.
• Subject to palatine authority. (of a territory)
• Of or relating to a palace especially of a Roman or Holy Roman Emperor.
• Synonym of palatial.
• Of or relating to the palate or to a palatine bone.

Examples

• The PALATINE of the Words With Friends league was always a formidable opponent.

Synonyms

os palatinum, palatal, palatine bone, palsgrave, chief minister, palatial, palatinate, praetorians

Related Words

count palatinate, county palatinate, palace, palatial

Anagrams of palatine